Moksha with All Star Horns

Moksha announces �Here To Go� Tour
with Special Guest Horn Section
Featuring Jen Hartswick and Skerik

M�ksha has climbed their way out of the depths of Sin City to the top of the Jamband charts by releasing two critically acclaimed albums with �Mammal or Machine� and their recent sophomore album �Here To Go� which just debuted at #1 on the Jam Band Radio charts.
M�ksha (m�ke-sha) known for their explosive shows, filled with an arsenal of well-crafted material, have earned Moksha their reputation as Las Vegas' secret weapon. With guitar, keys, bass, drums, vocals and horns, this unique blend of musicians lives and breathes in a deep pocket of funk rock. Swirling in subtlety, their music paints a sonic landscape that unfolds in the moment and feeds on the dynamic ebb and flow of audience and band interconnection.
Moksha is one of the lucky handful of bands to perform a live webcast at Bob Weir�s, a founding member of the Grateful Dead new State-of-the-art TRI Studios for broadcasting live HD video and audio streams directly to the Internet.

By age 20, Jen Hartswick recorded on two albums with Trey Anastasio (Story of the Ghost, Phish, 1998, and One Man's Trash, Trey Anastasio, 1998), Jennifer was asked to join Anastasio's new band. She has been an integral part of the band for the last ten years touring internationally and sharing the stage and studio with such legends as Carlos Santana, Dave Matthews, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and Herbie Hancock.

Skerik has toured with Fred Wesley, Mike Clark and The Headhunters, Wayne Horvitz, Mad Season and Roger Waters. He has performed with Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt, The Meters, Galactic, Dumpstaphunk, Johnny Vidacovich, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Ween, and many, many others.
Skerik leads Seattle-based "punk-jazz" ensemble Skerik�s Syncopated Taint Septet. He is a founding member of Seattle's Crack Sabbath and a member of another Seattle-based band, McTuff.

The �Here To Go� tour with Hartswick and Skerik will start in Las Vegas on February 3rd and after a stop in Flagstaff at the Orpheum on February 4th will wind it's way thru California with shows in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Chico. The tour will then wind to an end in Oregon with a show in Ashland and Portland.


February 3rd Las Vegas @ tba
February 4th Flagstaff @ The Orpheum
February 6th Los Angeles @ The Mint
February 8th Santa Cruz @ Moes Alley
February 9th San Francisco @ Boom Boom Room
February 10th Chico, Ca @ Lost on Main
February 11th Ashland, Or @ Cebolla Bar & Grill
February 12th Portland, Or @ The Goodfoot Lounge

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Further in depth info about Moksha:

In 2010, Moksha joined forces with guitar legend Brian Stoltz (of Neville Brothers, Funky Meters, Bob Dylan and others) in the studio to record their first full length album "Mammal or Machine". J. Evan Wade of the Homegrown Music Network said it best �Mammal or Machine showcases lush compositions steeped in blues, rock, and elements of electronica as well. The resulting combinations are ambitious, well-executed, and result in an uncompromising �jam� album full of twists and turns." The album gathered critical acclaim when the Las Vegas Weekly described the album's sound as �can only be described as unstoppable", while Getexposedmusic.com called Mammal or Machine �a sound we can all groove on.� The same year, Moksha took home the award for �Best Alternative Progressive Band� at the Vegas Rocks! Award show and was featured on the front page of the Las Vegas Review Journal which is Las Vegas largest Daily newspaper. A feat no other Vegas band has accomplished.

In 2011, the band entered the studio with four-time Grammy Award winning engineer/mixer James �Bonzai� Caruso to record their current album, Here to Go. 'Here to Go' is Moksha's first endeavor with new band member, Sam Lemos as lead vocalist, adding another level to Moksha's mastery of instrumental jam music. It fuses all the musical genres that influence each of the band members, into a sound that Simon Eddie of the Homegrown Music Network calls "similar to a classic rock album but with 21st century production. Their sound reminds me a lot like a cross between Rush and Pink Floyd but the music frequently shifts from reggae and world music to funk, rock and experimental jams." He then adds 'The album is slick, timeless and it only gets better with each listen.�